English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Cockleford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Elkstone

Historical Forms

  • Coc(k)leford 1327 SR 1727 Will

Etymology

Cockleford, Coc (k )leford 1327SR (p), 1727 Will. 'Ford where darnel or tares grow', v. coccel , ford . But it is possible that the first el. is the ME  surname Cotel as in the earlier forms of Comb End (v. foll.).